Animal-shaped seal

c. 4100–3000 BC · Sumer

Animal-shaped seal, from Sumer, dated c. 4100–3000 BC. It was found at Girsu (Tello). Today it is kept at the Louvre, Paris.

Date

c. 4100–3000 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Girsu (Tello)

Where it is today

Louvre, Paris

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